National
A victory for Obama and the people
February 20, 2009WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion economic recovery bill to create millions of new jobs and extend safety-net programs for millions of unemployed workers and the poor, it was a stunning victory...
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Iraq vet faces new battle worker rights at home
February 20, 2009CHICAGO — “The irony of it all – Bush got on TV and said we were in Iraq because we had to get rid of weapons of mass destruction, stop terrorism and spread democracy over there....
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Eddie Carthan and the struggle for Black empowerment in the Deep South
February 20, 2009People's World has given coverage to the movement for Black representation and the fight to elect African Americans to public office ever since its inception as the Daily Worker in 1924. This article is a reprint...
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A-Rod refuses to call himself ‘cheater’
February 19, 2009New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez refused to call himself a cheater when addressing the media Tuesday for the first time since his admission of doping.
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Obama unveils four-step housing fix
February 19, 2009Up to 9 million families facing home foreclosure could see relief under President Barack Obama's newly unveiled housing plan announced Feb. 18 in Mesa, Arizona. The plan 'will give millions of families resigned to financial ruin...
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